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October 26, 2025Martin Brodrick, an alien, who has lately arrived in the United States and is desirous of being naturalized a citizen thereof, this day appeard in Court and made a report of himself, which report is in these words.
“I, Martin Brodrick make the following report of myself to the County Court of Jefferson County, in Virginia, that is to say, I report that I was born at Lanesborough in the County of Longford, Ireland in the year 1819, being now about 25 years old, that I am a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, owing allegiance to that Monarch and none other; that I migrated from Ireland to the United States, in the year 1840, and landed at New York on the 28th day of May of that year, and that I intend to settle myself at Harpers Ferry in the State of Virginia, one of the United States. Given under my hand this 15th day of July, 1844. (signed/ Martin Brodrick.
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